McLennan only had to watch McDavid score twice and add two assists as the Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 Tuesday night on Darnell Nurse's goal 1:25 into overtime.

"He's our captain. He's our leader," McLellan said of McDavid. "He's, in my opinion, the best player on earth right now and he decided that he was going to will his team to a win."

McDavid set an NHL record by scoring or assisting on his team's first nine goals to start a season, breaking Adam Oates' record of seven with Detroit in 1986-87. McDavid has four goals and five assists in four games.

"You know what? It's whatever. I'm not overly proud of it," McDavid said about the record. "I don't think it's a stat we should be proud of, either.

"It is what it is, but we found a way to get a goal there at the end so we don't ever have to talk about it again."

Ty Rattie ignited the comeback when he scored 18 seconds into the third period. McDavid got his second power-play goal of the game at 2:28 to trim Winnipeg's lead to 4-3.